After his father tells him the story of Noah and the Ark, Little Archie builds his own ark out of the old rowboat on Carson's Creek, and lets everyone come on the ark in exchange for a fee of jelly beans. Ambrose, who has no jelly beans and isn't allowed on the ark, tries to think of a way to prevent a flood by "pulling the plug" on the creek.

After learning that toll booths are part of the price we pay for civilization, Little Archie convinces the good ol' gang to build their own modern civilizations of "bridges, buildings and super-highways," so he can charge people money for using them.

Little Archie decides to send Ambrose up in a balloon to spy on the South Side Serpents. While in the air, he sees the Serpents approaching via Carson's Creek for a surprise attack on the Good Ol' Gang. Meanwhile, Ambrose's father prepares to go to the doctor to get treatment for his stiff neck.

Little Archie starts his own television station, consisting of a hollowed-out box made up to look like a television set, and gets his friends to do programs and even commercials. Fred is drafted as judge to decide which kid puts on "the most real-live TV show."

When Evelyn learns there's a Hollywood talent scout at the school, she accepts a humiliating role just so she can be in the school play. The scout sees her and decides to use her as his model... for an animated cartoon animal.

Little Archie tries to be a big-shot movie director with Ronnie's new movie camera. After suffering accidents trying to capture exciting action on film, he switches to the hidden-camera trick, taking embarrassing films of his father when he's not looking.